unfurrow

English

Etymology

un- +‎ furrow

Verb

unfurrow (third-person singular simple present unfurrows, present participle unfurrowing, simple past and past participle unfurrowed)

1. (transitive) To remove the furrows from.
2. (intransitive) To clear itself of furrows.
   • 2009 June 28, David Gates, “The Postmodern Me”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He grunted and murmured, until his face calmed, the eyelids smoothing into slumber, the brows unfurrowing.